Job losses, gains for region

From 2010 to 2020 the labor forces of Hampshire and Franklin counties are expected to grow by more than 11,500 jobs — a 12.2 percent increase in employment — according to projections by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

Every two years the office updates its job forecast for individual counties: where jobs will be gained and lost by industry as well as specific job titles. Here is what the state is anticipating will happen to the labor force in Hampshire and Franklin counties by 2020:

Industries expected to add the most jobs

Educational services 3,005

Health care and social assistance 2,788

Manufacturing 1,121

Finance and insurance 1,056

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional and similar organizations 902

By 2020, state economists predict more than 11,500 new jobs will be added to Hampshire and Franklin counties’ labor force — mostly in the Valley’s traditionally strong sectors of education and health care — according to a report of anticipated local industry occupation gains and losses. Overall, even with retirements and restaffing factored in, the labor force in Hampshire and …